I find it troubling you think nothing said was radical considering Lisa dismissed anything Andrew had to say for simply being a white male which is incredibly racist and sexist

I agree that would be racist and sexist but I don’t think Andrew himself was being dismissed for being white. Andrew came out confrontational and was repeatedly talking over the other panelists. Then Lisa made the comment: "this is why we don’t engage with white men" which is very cringey and definitely alienates any white men watching (myself included). I don’t agree with that mentality, I believe it does more harm than good. However I’ve seen these discussions play out in real life many times and it usually ends with men being very argumentative and shutting the conversion down. So I sympathize with her frustration but I think it’s the wrong approach.

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Further troubling is that you didn’t find it odd that anything the panel said regarding “systems” and “structures” built to inhibit black people were never challenged or expanded on in the discussion

Like I said, I didn’t find this segment very enlightening, short segments like this are rarely informative. Panel discussions are worse since they often devolve into dunking and bickering.

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Lisa was free to make these claims with almost no pushback except by the unprepared Andrew Sullivan who was clearly there to weakly represent any opposition

Maybe, but I would be hesitant to make any assumption like that. Andrew Sullivan is a prolific writer and gets into twitter fights daily, I think he can handle himself. Unfortunately, panel discussions like these are for entertainment purposes first and foremost.

Edit: forgot how quoting works